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...National-Service Academy Picture West Point, but instead of learning how to fire an M-4 and reading The Art of War, students would be studying the Federalist papers and learning how to transform a failing public school. Conceived by two former Teach for America corps members, Chris Myers Asch and Shawn Raymond, the U.S. Public Service Academy would give undergraduates a four-year education in exchange for a five-year commitment to public service after they graduate. The idea is to provide a focused education for people who will serve in the public sector - either the federal, state...
...Chagnon in particular, sparked much of the conflict among the Yanomami. Tierney's charges go further. He claims that Chagnon manipulated his data to support his sociobiological thesis that natural selection favored Yanomami who were genetically prone to violence. Moreover, he asserts that Chagnon and the late filmmaker Timothy Asch staged fights and created artificial villages to promote their theories...
...much as I dislike Newt, he deserves better than being a scapegoat for the incompetence of the entire Republican Party." MARK ASCH North Yarmouth, Maine...
Twisted as the drama may seem, the Jorge case was a heartache waiting to happen. During the past decade, the number of U.S. fertility clinics has swelled tenfold, to 300, yet the industry has evaded any regulatory oversight. Last May scandal erupted when Asch and two other UCI doctors were accused of stealing eggs and embryos from as many as 100 patients for research or implantation in others. Asch, who has fled to Mexico City, is currently under federal investigation for mail fraud, tax evasion and fertility-drug smuggling, as well as the thefts. Professing his innocence, he told TIME...
Some 40 former patients, many of whom eventually conceived or adopted children, have sued Asch and UCI for monetary damages. So far, only the Jorges are waging a custody battle, a decision they made after their attorney Melanie Blum scoured UCI records to determine the fate of their embryos and eggs. Yet it is not entirely clear what outcome the Jorges seek. Last month Loretta told the Register that if only her eggs were involved, she would press for joint custody; then the twins could shuttle between the two couples, who live in the same middle-class neighborhood. "If this...